Security News > 2019 > February

From Facebook's research app being pulled from iOS devices to a new-found dump of compromised credentials, here are the top news of the week.

Our work in cybersecurity is inexorably intertwined with public policy and -- more generally -- the public interest. It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but...

Amy Spiro is one of many Israeli journalists who recently received a direct message on her Twitter account linking to a sensational news story. The sender, using the Jewish-sounding name "Bina...
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In this week's Naked Security Live video: what to do about microphone-equipped devices in your home?

Scams, infrastructure attacks, data harvesting and attacks on streamers are all in the offing.

Open-source, industry standard specifications are available to protect your business, but real-world deployment is still lower than optimal.

Many of you might have this question in your mind: "Is it illegal to test a website for vulnerability without permission from the owner?" Or… "Is it illegal to disclose a vulnerability publicly?"...

Apple's Privacy Warning to Facebook: We Can Break YouApple's conflict with Facebook this week resulted in the most effective and quickest punishment the social network has ever received over a...

Vulnerable third party extensions (modules) are now the main source of Magento hacks, says security researcher and Magento forensics investigator Willem de Groot. “The method is straightforward:...

A pair of bugs in a very widely used Linux system tool called systemd have just been "weaponised" - check you're patched!